(PowerShell) Create GMail Draft

Demonstrates how to create a new GMail draft email.

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Chilkat .NET Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# Use the Chilkat Email API to create or load an email.
$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$email.Subject = "This is a test GMail email created using Chilkat."
$email.Charset = "utf-8"
$email.AddPlainTextAlternativeBody("This is a test")
$email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body><p>This is a <b>test</b></body></html>")

# We'll need to get the full MIME of the email encoded to a base64url string.
$sbMime = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$email.GetMimeSb($sbMime)
$sbMime.Encode("base64url","utf-8")

# The body of the HTTP request will be JSON..
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateSb("message.raw",$sbMime)

# Upload the email to GMail as a draft.
$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
$http.AuthToken = "GMAIL-ACCESS-TOKEN"

$url = "https://www.googleapis.com/gmail/v1/users/me/drafts"
$resp = $http.PostJson3($url,"application/json",$json)
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# A status code of 200 indicates success.
$("Response status code: " + $resp.StatusCode)
$("Response body:")
$($resp.BodyStr)

# The response body contains JSON.
# Use the online tool at Generate JSON Parsing Code
# to generate JSON parsing code.

# A sample successful JSON response:

# {
#  "id": "r-2607584557788895307",
#  "message": {
#   "id": "166f09932c662e93",
#   "threadId": "166f09932c662e93",
#   "labelIds": [
#    "DRAFT"
#   ]
#  }
# }